Body Heat (1981)
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Wikidata Q472096, film, IMDb tt0082089, TMDB 14412: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Kathleen Turner as actor (‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins); 2 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
The Rewatchables' awards
Picked in other episodes
- Double feature (pick) for The War of the Roses (1989): Pairs it with Fatal Attraction as a pair of erotic thrillers to watch before this one, as a triple feature. unknown · 1:32:05
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Unattributed: 2 lines, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Big Picture
The Rewatchables
- Bill Simmons: 2 lines in ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
George Lucas: 1 line industry ×1
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industry (industry):
Body Heat → George Lucas.
Lucas is said to have produced Body Heat and removed his name so his brand would not undercut its sexiness.
“Lucas produced body heat, but had his name removed from it because he thought that people would be turned off of the movie being sexy with his name attached.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:53:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Kathleen Turner: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
Kathleen Turner → Body Heat.
Turner came off Body Heat throwing everything at 119 mph and kept that up all decade.
“she comes in coming off body heat throwing like 119 miles an hour and basically kept that going for the entire decade.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:09:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
Lawrence Kasdan: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
Lawrence Kasdan → Body Heat.
Surprise that the Raiders writer also did the sexy Body Heat.
“Raiders was written by the guy who did Mumford.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:52:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
The Last Seduction: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (femme fatale lineage):
The Last Seduction → Body Heat.
90s-era erotic-thriller noirs push the femme fatale to an extreme; Bound completes the trio.
“Oh, yeah, with last seduction in body heat.”
The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 1:02:43 · Patton Oswalt (0.75 sure it was them)
The Man with Two Brains: 1 line unmapped ×1
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unmapped (same actress, sexiness as a trait):
The Man with Two Brains → Body Heat.
Kathleen Turner's sexiness is exploited as a trait in both films, an all-time hot performance.
“between that and body heat, all time hot performance by an actress where it's just like the sexiness of the actress is actually a trait they're exploiting in the movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:13:18 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
The War of the Roses: 1 line programming ×1
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programming (programming):
The War of the Roses → Body Heat.
Triple-feature pitch: Roses with Body Heat and Fatal Attraction.
“I do think we should be pairing this with both body heat and fatal attraction.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:32:05 · Mallory Rubin (0.45 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis, first at 0:52:53, 3 times
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins, first at 0:09:33, 5 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey, first at 0:25:19, 3 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins, first at 0:13:09, 2 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:06:48, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 1:01:56, 1 time
- recommended in The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt!, first at 1:02:43, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
career (2)
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career (career):
Lawrence Kasdan → Body Heat.
Surprise that the Raiders writer also did the sexy Body Heat.
“Raiders was written by the guy who did Mumford.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:52:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Kathleen Turner → Body Heat.
Turner came off Body Heat throwing everything at 119 mph and kept that up all decade.
“she comes in coming off body heat throwing like 119 miles an hour and basically kept that going for the entire decade.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:09:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
industry (1)
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industry (industry):
Body Heat → George Lucas.
Lucas is said to have produced Body Heat and removed his name so his brand would not undercut its sexiness.
“Lucas produced body heat, but had his name removed from it because he thought that people would be turned off of the movie being sexy with his name attached.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:53:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
lineage (1)
-
lineage (femme fatale lineage):
The Last Seduction → Body Heat.
90s-era erotic-thriller noirs push the femme fatale to an extreme; Bound completes the trio.
“Oh, yeah, with last seduction in body heat.”
The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 1:02:43 · Patton Oswalt (0.75 sure it was them)
programming (1)
-
programming (programming):
The War of the Roses → Body Heat.
Triple-feature pitch: Roses with Body Heat and Fatal Attraction.
“I do think we should be pairing this with both body heat and fatal attraction.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:32:05 · Mallory Rubin (0.45 sure it was them)
unmapped (1)
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unmapped (same actress, sexiness as a trait):
The Man with Two Brains → Body Heat.
Kathleen Turner's sexiness is exploited as a trait in both films, an all-time hot performance.
“between that and body heat, all time hot performance by an actress where it's just like the sexiness of the actress is actually a trait they're exploiting in the movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:13:18 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Lawrence Kasdan: writer (named as 'the guy who did') (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis)
- Lawrence Kasdan: screenwriter (The Rewatchables, ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
- Kathleen Turner: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins)
- Kathleen Turner: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins)